Wardrobe Weekly

Monday

The festive season really is upon us, and my outfit choices are totally based around Christmas time. It's all about lush fabrics and sparkles for me right now.

 It is tricky to get pictures that show the totally awesome sparkle on this skirt, even with a flash (clearly!)

 I always wanted this skirt from Asos Curve, but for some reason I never ordered it. I got it in a size 24 from ebay recently. To be honest I could have done with a 26 cause the skirt is very full, but the waistband is small and not at all stretchy. It's uncomfortably tight so I will probably wear it a little undone the next time I wear it. I hate tight non-stretch waistbands... how am I supposed to sit comfortably? Where is my fat supposed to go?!

 

Cardi 20 - Primark

Skirt 24 - Asos Curve

Tights XL - Primark 100 den

Shoes - New Look

Tuesday

 Velvet please. Crushed velvet! I kept this outfit simple, and just added my new custom made necklace from Black Heart Creatives

Dress 20 - Vintage via ebay

Leggings 20 & boots - Primark

Necklace - Black Heart Creatives custom

 I've never paid a huge amount of attention to Black heart creatives because generally speaking I don't like any slogans on my clothing, but particularly swear words.... it's odd isn't it?! I love swearing (as I'm sure my readers have noticed), but I guess I'm acutely aware of how many people I see on a daily basis who may find swearing offensive? I think that if I wouldn't be prepared to wear something in front of my gran I shouldn't wear it at all (doesn't apply to underwear.... that would just be weird!). Anyway, as I had only really seen bloggers wearing their slogan necklaces I just thought they were not for me..... WRONG! After the BHC talk at plus London I had a chat with Charlotte about the possibility of getting some custom pieces. I won't go into it but Armour has played a pretty massive role in my life for the last 8 years and I have always wanted to have a mirrored Helmet brooch or necklace. I sent pictures and they made me exactly what I wanted. Ahhh man I so LOVE this necklace, it's perfect. They did such a good job for such a bargain price. My colleagues were loving it too! I'll show you the earrings when I wear them.

 Reflective fun. JOY! Thank you Black Heart Creatives, you've made me a very happy bunny!

 I made my first cheesecake on Tuesday night. Bloody delicious and so easy to make. Dunno why I've never done one before.... what a numpty!

Wednesday

 I just thought I'd take this out for a spin as it was chilly. To be honest it's a bit too big for me, but I sort of like it... I think?! I felt a bit braveheart in this get-up but hey, whatever!

Dress 24 - Samya via new look

Boots - Simply Be

Thursday

 I'm sure my followers also follow Mrs Bebe, and will therefore have seen this dress before, but when I saw her in it I had to have it. It's from Topsy Curvy and is described as 'lightweight velvet'. I wouldn't call it velvet, because it really doesn't have the look of velvet, but it does feel amazing. The girls in my office had a stroke and said it had that delicious feel of kid leather or even wet Chamois (shammy) leather. I'd say that was pretty accurate. Very strokeable, whatever it is! They didn't have my normal size (22/24) but this size 20 is fine. It's bodycon, but not in a super-tight way!

 Dress 20 - Topsy Curvy

Tights XL - Primark 100 den

Shoes - Charity shop

Friday

 This is one of my all time favorite dresses. I got it maybe 4 years ago in Primark, back when I was not sure if I could get away with bodycon dresses. This was my first..... I queued for ages to try it on (along with the other version that had snowflakes on it) and I fell hard for this one. I MASSIVELY regret not getting the other version too, but I was trying to be sensible (damnation!). Anyway, It comes out every Christmas, and I don't care that it's tight, and my belly looks big, I think it's really flattering and it's SO COMFY! It's also nice and warm. Isn't it one of the best dresses you've ever seen?! I think it was £15. They've never done dresses like this since, but they really should, because this was a year or so before Christmas jumpers became fashionable again.... can you imagine how fast these would fly off the shelves now?!

 Dress 18 - Primark

Leggings 20 - Primark

Boots - Primark

Saturday

Didn't get dressed!

Sunday

 Day out!

 Ping Pong

 Christmas puddings! (Primark tee / Domino Dollhouse skirt / George cardi)

 Man powered snow globe!

 Lush day. I adore London at Christmas time!

Evans sale part two!

I took another look at the Evans sale because they have a furthur 10% off at the moment, and I found this lovely Samya checked dress for £10...

 

Love it! I have to admit that the main selling point was that all red checked prints remind me of Vivienne Westwood, but the dress is actually lovely and has pockets... yey! Its a 24 (only size left) and it is pretty loose, but it kind of works with this dress. Again its a sort of woolly fabric so will be warm. Bargain!  

 

I managed to pick up this dress (which I'm wearing in a previous post in size 24) in a size 22. Hard to see in the images but the 24 really was a bit too big so I'm happier with this. To be honest its still quite generous. I'd call the 22 a 22-24. The 24 that I have now sent back would easily fit a 26, so if you like it keep an eye on the Evans site in case they re-list it. Only £15!

Breaking the bank!

I'll try to keep this to a minimum word count - basically I ordered loads of sale stuff expecting to send at least half of it back, but as it turns out I'm keeping nearly all of it. Please excuse my navy leggings & white bra with all the black clothes btw! No links because some of this has now sold out but here is what I got....

New Look

Rainbow Crystals!

This lovedrobe dress looks much better in real life, but I can't keep it because it is too short for me. Recommend it to any ladies of average height or shorter! This is a 24. 22 would have been more fitted but probably a bit clingy too.

You may have seen Claire in this miss real London coat on twitter, I was pretty excited about this. Its a 24 and I was hoping it would be a bit looser, but I still like it. the pleather smells fishy and gross at the moment but hopefully that will wear off. Oh and I wish it had pockets but hey, it's only £21 in the inspire sale so bargain!

Now Evans (so much better when I'm not in the actual store!)

1st Samya dress. Great for work, unusual and I like it. This is a 24 but really I needed a 22. Sold out now so I'll keep this one and just live with the looseness!

 

2nd Samya dress and again this is a 24 but a 22 would have been a better fit. Again its now sold out so I'll keep the 24 and probably take it in a little bit on the torso. Note to self - get your normal size in Samya clothing!

 

White bra! This Lovedrobe dress is my favourite! the lace section is actually a bit stretchy (will still have to sew up the buttons across my boobs as normal though). This is a 24, a 22 would certainly have been too small for me.

 

This Samya jacket (size 24) is too big for me and totally the wrong length so it's going back. 

 

Clements Ribeiro trousers. These are a size 20 - they are a very generous cut so go one size down!

Thats me done. Will have to have another ebay clear-out now before my wardrobes collapse under their own weight!